After Zhao Gao took this person down, Xue Nu and Concubine Yan also came back. Xue Nu was still holding a bamboo tower in her hand, and there were locusts flying in the bamboo tower. When she saw that Zi You had come back, she said
"Sir, look at this. The liar used these locusts to deceive the people."
"I see, you did a great job." Ziyou looked at Xue Nu and praised her.
Xue Nu laughed when she heard Zi You's compliment. Concubine Yan rolled her eyes at the side. Zi You looked at San Lao again and said
"As for the matter of refuting the rumors, I have to leave it to the three of them. I will make this man admit it in public, but I also ask the three elders to save his life. I will still have some use for him."
"According to what Mr. said." said the third elder.
Ziyou took out a wooden slip and used his inner strength to write some words on it, then handed it to Li Xin and said
"Take this letter and give it to the king, and ask the king to do what it says."
"Yes, sir." Li Xin took the wooden slip and left directly.
At this time, Xianyang, the palace.
Wang Ben returned to his home without stopping. When the guard at the door saw Wang Ben coming back, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed the horse, shouting at the same time
"Young Master is back. Go and report to the general."
After Wang Ben entered the mansion, the steward immediately greeted him.
"Young Master, have you rested?" the steward said.
"No, I want to see my father wherever he is." Wang Ben said.
"The general is in the study at the moment. Young Master, do you want to rest at home?"
"Let's talk about it later. I'll go see my father first."
Wang Ben walked through several courtyards and came to Wang Jian's study. Wang Jian was reading a volume on the art of war. When he saw Wang Ben push the door in, he put down the bamboo slips and asked
"Bier, why are you back? Shouldn't you be protecting Mr. Ziyou now?"
"Mr. Ziyou sent me back here," Wang Bi told Wang Jian what Ziyou said.
After listening to Ziyou's words, Wang Jian thought for a moment and sighed.
"Mr. Ziyou is well-deserved. Every step has been done to perfection. Bi'er, you must respect him at all times when you are with him. Our Wang family owes its existence to the king. Today's military situation in the Qin State is complex and multi-faceted. They are all fighting, and our Wang family has too few allies in the court, and this Mr. Ziyou will definitely be the pillar of Qin in the future, just like Zhang Yi, the former Shang Lord. In the future, the rise and fall of our Wang family may depend more on this gentleman. "
Although Wang Jian had never met Ziyou, what Wang Bi heard told him that he knew why Ziyou asked Wang Bi to mobilize his guards. It was to get them out of the quagmire in time and preserve the power of the Wang family. This battle involved four factions in the court. Once caught, the Wang family would surely suffer great losses. At the same time, this was also a friendly signal sent by Ziyou to them.
"Why did father say that?" Wang Ben asked.
Seeing that he was still a somewhat innocent child, Wang Jian began to patiently explain that the Chu family's influence in the Qin Dynasty is now deeply rooted, and this Ziyou consciously wants to cultivate the power of the old Qin people to gradually replace the Chu Kingdom in order to achieve the unity of the whole court. Even if it cannot replace the status of the Chu family, it will reduce the influence of the Chu family as much as possible. Wang Jian didn't know why Ziyou did this, but it didn't stop him from wanting to use this to create a more favorable situation for the Wang family.
The military of the Qin State is mainly composed of four aspects. The first is the power of the clan, which is the Feng family of clan slaves. The second is the Meng family. Two generations of the Meng family died for the Qin state. The third is the power left by Bai Qi, the lord of Wu'an. Most of these are in the hands of the Chu family, and Prime Minister Lu Buwei has also supported many of his confidants through these years of foreign wars. Finally, they are the Wang family and the rising generation of the Wang family.
Although Wang Jian disdained these arrogant people, he longed for war and made contributions on the battlefield, which required him to have his own power as a backing. The signal Ziyou released allowed him to see the opportunity, and he did not dare to ask for it. Becoming the strongest person in Qin's military would be courting death, but he hoped to get more opportunities for himself and his son to make contributions, so Ziyou had to be friends with him.
"But if we are responsible for escorting that person back to Xianyang, won't we offend the family behind him?" Wang Ben asked.
"You're still too young, just watch." Wang Jian didn't say anything. He felt that he should let his son feel the human heart.
"Then you take my warrant and dispatch a team of guards to escort the other party back."
"It's father." Wang Ben left with the warrant.
At this time, a carrier pigeon landed in a mansion in Xianyang, and then a man walked out of the back door of the mansion and walked out of the city.
Wang Ben left Xianyang and headed towards Chuili with a group of semi-armed guards. Why semi-armed? Because as long as the armor is kept secretly, it is treason. Unless it is a reward from the king or allowed to be worn by personal guards, Others are not allowed to keep it privately.
In the evening, Wang Bi took his people to Chuili. Ziyou handed the people over to Wang Bi and said:
"be careful on the road."
"Yes, sir, I will escort this man safely to Xianyang and hand him over to the king." Wang Ben said vowedly.
Seeing Wang Bi leading the way away with a serious look on his face, Ziyou had a headache. How come all these military strategists who will have outstanding achievements on the battlefield in the future and are so good at scheming and scheming are so simple now? Li Xin Forget about the military situation, how could Wang Ben, a yin and yang student of the military, be so stupid?
Soon it was getting dark, and as we headed to a place in Xianyang that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, a black-clad killer pulled a sharp sword out of the chest of the man in front of him, and blood spattered on his face. There were more than twenty snare killers around him, and dozens of corpses were lying on the ground. After seeing that everyone was dead, the leader inserted his sword into the scabbard.
The leader's ears twitched slightly, and the sound of horse hooves came, and the leader shouted
"Get your bows and arrows ready, don't let anyone go."
"yes."
More than twenty killers quickly came to the high ground, holding bows and arrows in their hands and aiming at Wang Ben and others who were responsible for escorting them below. Wang Ben did not realize that someone was ambushing him. What he wanted now was to quickly escort him back to Xianyang. The longer the time, the worse the situation. It's easy to go wrong. He saw Wang Ben and others entering the ambush circle.
"Fire arrows!!" Following the leader's order, more than twenty sharp arrows were shot towards Wang Ben and others below.
Wang Ben looked at the sharp arrows and shouted
"There's an ambush."
Wang Ben waved his long sword to block the oncoming sharp arrows, then quickly turned over and dismounted. While waving his sword to block the sharp arrows, he walked towards the middle-aged man and watched the guards fall to the ground one by one. The anger in Wang Ben's eyes was about to burst out. These were the elite soldiers of the Qin State. They did not die on the battlefield, but died here, which made him angry.
Wang Ben pulled the middle-aged man down and blocked the sharp arrow with one hand, but another sharp arrow had already been shot, and Wang Ben had no time to resist. He resigned and closed his eyes, thinking that his father and husband were sorry.
As the sharp arrow hit him, the death he imagined did not come. Wang Ben opened his eyes and was a little dazed when he saw the sharp arrow that hit him and fell to the ground. He picked up the arrow on the ground, seemingly The sharp arrows turned out to be soft and made of dough to the touch. Wang Ben looked at the other guards who fell to the ground with a trace of confusion in his eyes until he saw one guard scratching and another guard scratching him. With a wink, the corner of Wang Ben's mouth twitched.
Then another arrow hit Wang Ben. Wang Ben fell to the ground with a cry of pain.
"Fifteen corpses, take the people away," the leader said.
"yes."
Soon the killer in the trap jumped down the hill with the body on his back. One person knocked out the confused middle-aged man, and the five were responsible for picking up the feather arrows on the ground. After cleaning the battlefield, they threw the body on the ground.
